"Seven Metal Inches" is the appropriate title of the book by Andreas Hertkorn which covers the past three decades of 7" picture disc releases in extreme metal: beside being a printed version of the vast encyclopedia that exists online at the site
www.sevenmetalinches.com and featuring plenty of images of vinyls, flyers, artworks and more, it also includes 70 exclusive interviews with bands, labels and artists who share their passion for vinyl and discuss their picture disc releases.
Watain are among the bands interviewed in the book (to name but a few: Ancient Rites, Asphyx, Beastcraft, Brutal Truth, Denial of God, Dismember, Drowning the Light, Enthroned, In Aeternum, Incantation, Manticore, Mayhem, Mortifilia, Napalm Death, Nekrofilth, Nocturnal Graves, Nunslaughter, Sabbat, Sarkom, Sombre Présage, Sorhin, Vulcano and many, many more).
"As a picture disc maniac himself, front man Erik Danielsson wasted no time and mailed back his extensive answers after a couple of hours" explains the author of the book introducing the Watain interview.
A preview of the fully colored tome can be seen below:
"Seven Metal Inches" has been released in December 2017 and can be purchased through the official site at:
http://sevenmetalinchesrecords.bigcartel.com/.
Sound Pollution Store (Sweden) has opened pre-orders for the Picture Disc edition of WATAIN's "Tonight We Raise Our Cups And Toast In Angels Blood -
A Tribute To Bathory" live at Sweden Rock Festival in June 2010 (formerly released in 2015 by Sound Pollution on vinyl): this will be a limited edition of 666 copies, with inner sleeve and will be released on August 23rd, 2024.
